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Cassidy Offers Master Classes

We are excited to offer 1st Year MA and MFA students the opportunity to work with Peabody Award Winning and Emmy Nominated Documentary Producer David Cassidy this week. Cassidy is offering multiple Master Classes in Producing as a Visiting Instructor this semester. […]


Robinson (MFA ’19) Joins USC as Sports Media Instructor

We are thrilled to share the news that Mandrallius Robinson (MFA ’19) is joining the University of South Carolina’s School of Journalism and Mass Communications.  Robinson has been hired as the school’s first sports media instructor as it prepares to launch a new sports media […]


Five Minutes Screens at Cucalorus Connects

Professor of Practice and co-director of the animated narrative film Five Minutes, Peter Gilbert teamed up with Dr. Paul West for a Cucalorus Connect screening of the film and a conversation on its focus on regenerative medicine.  The film explores the hope of regenerative medicine […]


May Wins South Pitch!

Congratulations to Matt May (MFA ‘20) (pictured left)  for winning the New Orleans Film Festival’s South Pitch Competition! Matt pitched Out to Stay, a film co-directed with Victoria DeLeone (MFA ‘20), in the documentary division. The South Pitch competition features documentary and narrative student filmmakers […]


Fitzgerald and May Headed to SouthPitch

We are excited to announce that Bridget Fitzgerald (MFA ’20) and Matt May (MFA ’20) will represent the DFP at the New Orleans Film Society South Pitch competition later this month. Fitzgerald will pitch her thesis film, Alchemy. May will pitch, Out to Stay, a […]


Sheridan Leads Workshop at Ruderman Family Foundation

Professor Chris Sheridan – Coordinator of our MA Sports Media & Storytelling program – led a Digital and Social Media storytelling workshop this week for the Ruderman Family Foundation.  He worked with members of the Foundation’s Link20 initiative on using storytelling in the digital age […]


Foote Joins Players’ Tribune as Fellow

We are delighted to share the news that current MFA student Dustin Foote is joining Players’ Tribune as a paid fellow.  Foote will begin a 3-month rotation in the Brand Content division in September. Foote is the second to DFP student to participate in the Players’ […]


From the Ground Up Makes Festival Debut

From the Ground Up, a short film directed by Nick Deel (MFA ’19) will screen as an official selection in two summer festivals.  The film will make its debut in the Colorado International Activism Festival in Denver on July 28th and will screen in the […]


Zaluski Receives Filmed in NC Grant

Congratulations to Assistant Teaching Professor Chris Zaluski a 2019 “Filmed in NC” grant recipient! The grant, awarded by the Cucalorus Film Foundation and the North Carolina Film Office, will support the production of Holy Chaos: The Haywood Street Fresco.  The documentary follows the year-long creation of a fresco mural and […]


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